High Denomination Zimbabwean Notes

Factual Questions
1

Where can I get some, or maybe just one of those recently released Zimbabwean notes? My local coin dealer in St. Louis, Scotsman Coin & Currency, doesn’t have any. They don’t plan to either. :smack:

I’d just like to have a few as conversation pieces. I’ve never done eBay, so that’s not an option.

Paging samclem!

2

Google is your friend. Seems a few options are there:

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=buy+zimbabwe+currency&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=11&ct=title

3

Most of those, and I’d done a Google search before posting, appear to be eBay. Don’t have an eBay account and not sure I want one. However I would be willing to buy from a doper who does have an account on eBay. Looking for one, or more, of the higher denominations.

4

Be aware that the folks who are buying 100 billion dollar notes from Zimbabwe are probably paying about a dollar or so for each note. I was in Zambia late last year and that was the rate you could get if you bargained really hard.

And signing up for eBay is very simple and straight-forward. In fact, it would be much easier to sign up for eBay and pay by Pay Pal rather than have someone else be your go-between.

5

Maybe I’ll have to do that. I’ve always heard of problems with eBay, and they have a record of being anti firearms as well. I’ll consider it though.

Thanks.

6

Er, why the heck should that matter if you’re buying banknotes? :confused:

7

I prefer to do business with folks who don’t discriminate in any fashion. If an item is legal for sale, such as magazines and parts, I don’t see why they should not allow these types of items. It is true that I’ve not necessarily kept up to date, so perhaps their policy has changed.

If you were a member of a particular affinity group, would you not prefer to do business with those who respected that? Not trying to start a debate, just explaining why I’ve not dealt with eBay.

8

Unless eBay’s “no firearms” policy is because eBay is against firearms (whatever that could possibly mean), I don’t see the justification in your objection.

I’d hazard a guess the policy exists because it’s far easier to ban the sale of firearms-related equipment than walk the legal minefield of selling it, but I stand to be corrected.